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=== Collusion with "sex work" activism ===
=== Collusion with "sex work" activism ===


For reasons not entirely clear, many if not most transgender activists also seem to support the "sex work" movement which tries to paint prostitution as harmless work and opposes measures to end women's sexual exploitation, such as by criminalizing the buying or procuring of sexual services.  Possible explanations for this collusion might be:
For reasons not entirely clear, many if not most transgender activists also seem to support the "sex work" movement.<ref name=fc-bindel/> Possible explanations for this collusion might be:


* The over-arching ''queer ideology'' which is at the roots of both transgender ideology and absolutist sex liberalism, resting many of its ideals on ''transgression'' of social norms and morals, without regard to ethical concerns
* Both movements stem from ''queer ideology'', which is based on ''transgression'' of social norms without regard to ethical concerns
* The transgender movement being dominated by [[Autogynephilia|autogynephilic]] men who are interested in upholding a society in which women exist for male sexual pleasure
* The transgender movement being dominated by [[Autogynephilia|autogynephilic]] men who are interested in upholding a society in which women exist for male sexual pleasure
* Anti-feminists supporting both the transgender movement and the "sex work" movement, simply because they see both of them as weapons against women's liberation
* Anti-feminists supporting both the transgender movement and the "sex work" movement, simply because they see both of them as weapons against women's liberation
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|date=October 17, 2018
|date=October 17, 2018
|website=Sexology Today!
|website=Sexology Today!
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{{cite web
|url=https://www.feministcurrent.com/2017/10/02/pact-trans-rights-advocates-sex-trade-lobby/
|title=The pact between trans rights advocates and the sex trade lobby
|author=Julie Bindel
|date=October 2, 2017
|website=Feminist Current
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}}
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